Cigarette holder



Ott. 24,- 1933. N. A, LANzlLLo'r-n r-:r Al. 1,931,732

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Patented Oct. 24, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CIGARETTE HOLDERManufacturing Co., a

Application April 8, 1932.

3 Claims.

Our invention relates to a cigarette holder particularly designed forfeminine use and the prin-,

cipal object of our invention is, to combine a cigarette holder witharing that is adapted to be worn upon the finger, thereby providing aconvenient support for the cigarette holder and said holder and ringbeing detachably combined in order that the holder may be, if desired,used independently of the ring.

Further-objects of our invention'are, to provide simple and eicientmeans whereby the holder is mounted on the ring so that said ring andholder may be readily shifted into different angular positions relativeto each other and which arrangement enables the holder to be convenient-1y positioned while the hand and finger are used for different purposes,for instance, While holding a book or paper, while sewing or whilemanipulating the steering wheel of a motor vehicle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view our invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangements of parts thatwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette holder constructed inaccordance with our invention and showing the same positioned upon afinger of the users hand.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the holder positioned on a flat surfacesuch as a table.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing which illustrate apractical embodiment of our invention, 10 designates the body of thecigarette holder, which is in the form of an elongated cylinder taperedslightly toward one end and which body may be formed of any suitablematerial, for instance, hard rubber, bakelite, metal or composition.

Formed axially through the body 10, is the usual smoke duct 11 andformed in the forward end of the body, is a recess 12 that is adapted toreceive standard sizes of cigarettes. This recess or chamber 12communicates with the forward end of smoke duct 11.

Formed integral with or fixed to the body 10, a short .distancerearwardly from the forward end thereof, is a small lug 13 that isdove-tailed shape in cross section and formed in the underside of thislug and extending forwardly from the rear end thereof, is a recess 14.

corporation of California.

Serial No. 604,088

A ring R of suicient size to receive a finger, and which ring may beformed of any suitable material and ornamented if desired, has seated inits upper portion, the base of a rivet 15 and the intermediate portionof the body of this rivet passes through the at base portion 16 of aclip that is substantially U-shape in cross section and the upwardlyprojectinglegs 17 of this clip` are inclined inwardly toward each otherso as to receive between them the dove-tail lug 13 on body 10.

The connection between the rivet and the clip comprising the parts 16and 17, is such that said clip may freely rotate upon said rivet. Thatportion of the rivet that projects above the base 16 of the clip isformed into a head 18 that is adapted to enter the recess 14 in theunderside of lug 13 when the ring and cigarette holder are properlyassembled. y

The clip comprising the parts 16 and 17 is preferably formed of thinmetal having a certain degree of resiliency and the members 17 areformed so that when the lug 13 is inserted in the clip, said members 17will exert a certain degree of pressure on the inclined side faces ofthe lug and thereby retain the parts in assembled relation. When theparts are properly assembled, the head 18 of the rivet occupies theinner end of the recess 14 as illustrated in Fig. 4 and thus the partscan only tbe disassembled by a longitudinal movement of the holder 10 inone direction rela- .tive to the ring and the swiveled clip.

When the holder is in use, the ring R is applied to the finger asillustrated in Fig. 1 and the holder` carried by the swiveled clip maybe swung into any convenient positions so as to permit the hand to beused for various purposes.

Whenever desired, for instance, while the user is playing cards ordining, the ring may be slipped off the finger and the holder and ringplaced on a supporting surface, for instance, a table, and when sopositioned the burning end of the cigarette is maintained a substantialdistance above the supporting surface, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Thus it will be seen that we have provided a cigarette holder that isrelatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture and veryeffective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form andconstruction of the various parts of our improved cigarette holder maybe made and substituted for those herein shown and described withoutdeparting from the spirit of the 3. A smokers article, comprising aring, a headed rivet seated in said ring, a clip swiveled on said rivet,a cigarette holder, a lug projecting from the body of said holder, whichlug is adapted to `be received by said clip and said lug being providedwith a recess for the reception of the head of said rivet when the partsare assembled.

NICOLA A. LANZILLOTTI. GAETANO GAUDIO.

